Fishing-tackle.



No. 668,832. Patented Feb. 26, l90l. T. FENNELLY..

FISHING TACKLE.

'Application led Nav. 1, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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Illnrrnn STATES PATENT @Frisse THOMAS FENNEIILY, OF NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO VILLIAM ROBERT HAMILTON, OF SAME PLACE.

FISHING-TACKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming "part of Letters Patent No. 668,832, dated February 26, 1901.

Application filed November 1, 1900. Serial No. 35,134. (No modem To all mY/1.0171, it n1/ay concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS FENNELLY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 130 Queens Valk, Nottingham, Eng- 5 land, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Tackle, of which the follow* ing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in iishing-tackle.

1o Itis well known to anglers that the gut or the like to which the hook is attached is visible to iish notwithstanding that such gut has been reduced in thickness to such an extent that its strength frequently suffers in consequence.

The object of this invention is to provide means for concealing the gut; and to this end it consists mainly in the use in combination with the gut of an envelop so prepared as to 2o present the appearance of a piece of weed.

In carrying out the invention the envelop is made, preferably, of silk in the form of a long narrow tube, through which the gut is passed and which may be of any desired length and extend down over the shank of the hook to cover the point of attachment between t-he gut andthe hook, the said tube being of a color or combination of colors to correspond with the weed to be imitated or to 3o suit the fancy of anglers.A

To enable the invention to be fully understood, I will describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a view, drawn to an exaggerated scale, of the improved fishing-tackle. Figs. 2 and 3 are sections, respectively, on the lines 2 2 and 3 3 of Fig. l, but drawn to a larger scale than the said figure.

a is the hook, and h the gut carrying the 4o same in the usual manner. cis the envelop, which I employ to conceal the said gut b and the point of its junction with the hook a. This strip or envelop is preferably of tubular form, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and can he woven in that form, or it can be formed of a strip folded so that its edges can meet and be connected together either throughout the whole length of the strip or at intervals. The envelope is connected at its lower end to the 5o shank of the hook o, as shown at d. e e are split shot or the like for weighting the tackle and also serving when clipped upon the envelop to hold the latter in proper position upon the gut. In order to render the weights e e as nearly invisible as possible, they can be of the same color as the strip c.

The improved envelop, in addition to coucealing the gut and its junction with the hook, possesses the further advantages that it allows of using a hook having a longer 6o shank than is usual for light fishing, the advantages of such a hook being that it can be easily removed from the fish when swallowed without the use of a disgorger, which is at present necessary when the hook is swallowed; that the gut cannot be bitten through, as is frequently the case with a hook having a short shank, and that a larger percentage of strikes will be successful in forcing the barb into the fish on account ofthe greater 7o leverage the long shank will give. Furthermore, it has the advantage of permitting of using gut of greater strength than can ordinarily be used or, if desired, of using wire or line instead of gut, whereby much greater strength and durability can be obtained. In addition the angler by providing himself with a number of sets of tackle having envelops of different colors can change about from one to another if he finds the fish getting accus- 8o tomed to the one he is using.

It is to be understood that although I prefer to use my envelop in connection with a piece of gut, wire, or cord to which the hook is attached such piece of material may be dispensed with., the hook being lashed or bound directly to the end of the envelop.

For some kinds of fishing the envelop may be adapted to contain cork, which will cause it to more or less float; also, weights and buoy- 9o ant material may be used in combination, so that when in the water the envelop will assume a wavy or sinuous form or float upward from the bottom. v

Although in the drawings the envelop is represented as being used in connection with a single hook, it is to be understood that two or more hooks may be used in conjunction witha single envelop, such hooks being lashed to the gut, wire, or cord within the envelop. and proroo ject-ing through suitable apertures in the same.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a tubular envelop of Woven fabric, formed to imitate a water-weed for concealing the connection between a fishing line and hook, subI stantially as described.

2. The combination with a fish-hook, of an envelop of Woven fabric connected thereto and colored and formed to represent a Water- Weed to conceal the connection between the hook and its line, substantially as described.

3. The combination With a fish-hook, of a fieXible connection secured thereto, and a tubular envelop of Woven fabric and of much greater diameter than said flexible connec- THOMAS FENNELLY.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR CHERREY, WM. WHITTLEY. 

